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Dan Lanning and the Ducks are More than Lapping Pac-12 Competition on the Recruiting Trail

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Bust out the victory cigars, Dan Lanning.

 

You deserve all the smoke.

 

Oregon continues to dwarf the rest of the Pac-12 in high school recruiting, with Lanning landing one of his biggest recruits yet in Baltimore-bred 4/5-star quarterback prospect Michael Van Buren, who publicly committed to Oregon this week over a group that included Penn State and home-state favorite Maryland, after reportedly being a silent commit since April.

 

Van Buren, who, according to ESPN is the 2nd-ranked pocket passer in the class behind recent Georgia commit Dylan Raiola, becomes Oregon’s 14th commit and 11th 4-star (according to 247Sports’ recruiting rankings, to go along with 3 more 3-stars. No other Pac-12 team has more than 2 4-star commitments and UCLA, Arizona State and Colorado are tied for 2nd in the conference with 5 recruits each.

 

Forget lapping the competition: The Ducks are literally almost tripling their rivals on the recruiting trail.

 

And if you think that’s bad for your team, take a deep breath: The Ducks are just getting started.

 

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The Oregon Ducks are dominating the rest of the Pac-12 on the recruiting trail. Whatever Dan Lanning and Co. are selling, recruits are buying.

 

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    "The Ducks have had a winning program to sell, and a raucous game-day atmosphere, and Daddy Phil’s bucks, and first-class facilities. But they’ve never had someone with this vim at the helm.

     

    What could this mean for the Pac-12?

     

    Well, all bad things, of course."

     

    As I wrote before, Oregon has more 4/5-Star Rivals players verbaled for the 2024 class than the rest of the Pac-12 combined....and then doubled!

     

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    Seems like he has a handle on recruiting both players and coaches.

     

    DL may not have years of experience under his belt, but he certainly has the “it” factor. While I don’t know exactly what “it “ is, his message resonates well with both players and coaches. 

    This is going to be fun to watch what the coaches can do with this group of players. 

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     With all the negative press the pack is getting, which I try my best to ignore but is increasingly difficult, this is a great time to be a Duck. 

     

     Dan and his staff have brought great energy to Eugene and we all hope it turns into success on the field. Autzen is a great place to be on game day.

     

     Go 🦆🦆🦆s

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